Artificial Intelligence and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, BS (Boston)

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Computer Science Overview

From the catalog
Must be taken in alignment with your home college.

One of:
- CS 1200 — First Year Seminar
- INPR 1000 — First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
- INSC 1000 — Science at Northeastern
One of:
- CS 1210 — Professional Development for Khoury Co-op
- EESC 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Fundamental Courses

From the catalog
All students can take a self-assessment to attempt to place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001. Students who place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001 will instead substitute 4-5 semester hours of CS, CY, or DS coursework at the 3000 level or higher not otherwise required in the degree.

All of:
- CS 2000 — Introduction to Program Design and Implementation
- CS 2001 — Lab for CS 2000
All of:
- CS 2100 — Program Design and Implementation 1
- CS 2101 — Lab for CS 2100
DS 3500 — Advanced Programming with Data
CS 3200 — Introduction to Databases
One of:
- MATH 1365 — Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning
- MATH 1465 — Intensive Mathematical Reasoning

Artificial Intelligence Foundations

DS 3000 — Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
DS 4200 — Information Presentation and Visualization
DS 4300 — Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval
DS 4400 — Machine Learning

Khoury Approved Electives

From the catalog
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives.
Complete 4 semester hours from within the following options:
CS 2300 or higher, except CS 5010
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- Any CS course numbered 2300–9999 (except CS 5010)
- Any CY course numbered 2000–9999 (except CY 4930)
- Any DS course numbered 2500–9999 (except DS 4900)
- EECE 2160 — Embedded Design: Enabling Robotics
- EECE 2322 — Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization
- MKTG 4606 — Digital, Analytics, Technology, and Automation Research Practicum

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

All of:
- EEMB 1101 — Foundations in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- EEMB 1102 — Lab for EEMB 1101

Ecology and Evolutionary Genomics

All of:
- EEMB 1105 — Foundations in Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics
- EEMB 1106 — Lab for EEMB 1105

Genetics

All of:
- BIOL 2301 — Genetics and Molecular Biology
- BIOL 2302 — Lab for BIOL 2301

Evolution

EEMB 2400 — Introduction to Evolution

Ecology

All of:
- EEMB 2302 — Ecology
- EEMB 2303 — Lab for EEMB 2302

Capstone

ENVR 4997 — Senior Thesis

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Topical Requirement

16 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 16 semester hours of the following (at least one course must be taken from each list):

Evolution of Organisms

One of:
- BIOL 2327 — Human Parasitology
- EEMB 2610 — Plant Biology
- All of:
  - EEMB 2700 — Marine Biology
  - EEMB 2701 — Lab for EEMB 2700
- EEMB 3465 — Ecological and Conservation Genomics
- EEMB 3475 — Wildlife Ecology
- EEMB 3600 — Animal Behavior
- All of:
  - ENVR 3800 — Plants and Society
  - ENVR 3801 — Lab for ENVR 3800

Ecology and Conservation Biology

One of:
- EEMB 3460 — Conservation Biology
- EEMB 3465 — Ecological and Conservation Genomics
- EEMB 3475 — Wildlife Ecology
- EEMB 4001 — Landscape and Restoration Ecology
- ENVR 3125 — Global Oceanic Change
- ENVR 3150 — Food Security and Sustainability
- ENVR 4505 — Wetlands
- ENVR 5700 — Streams and Watershed Ecology
- ENVR 5750 — Urban Ecology

Analytical Skills

One of:
- EEMB 3465 — Ecological and Conservation Genomics
- EEMB 5130 — Population Dynamics
- All of:
  - ENVR 3300 — Geographic Information Systems
  - ENVR 3301 — Lab for ENVR 3300
- ENVR 5500 — Advanced Biostatistics
- ENVR 5563 — Advanced Spatial Analysis

Calculus

All of:
- ENVR 2500 — Biostatistics
- ENVR 2501 — Lab for ENVR 2500
MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

Chemistry

All of:
- CHEM 1161 — General Chemistry for Science Majors
- CHEM 1162 — Lab for CHEM 1161
- CHEM 1163 — Recitation for CHEM 1161

Physics

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- All of:
  - PHYS 1145 — Physics for Life Sciences 1
  - PHYS 1146 — Lab for PHYS 1145
- All of:
  - PHYS 1151 — Physics for Engineering 1
  - PHYS 1152 — Lab for PHYS 1151
  - PHYS 1153 — Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151
- All of:
  - PHYS 1161 — Physics 1
  - PHYS 1162 — Lab for PHYS 1161

College Writing

One of:
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
- ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- ENGW 3302 — Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
- ENGW 3303 — Advanced Writing in the Environmental Professions
- ENGW 3307 — Advanced Writing in the Sciences
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Integrative Course

DS 4420 — Advanced Machine Learning

Plus 16 semester hours of general electives.

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
ENGW 3302 ↔ ENGW 3307 (tier C)
ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3315 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under artificial-intelligence-and-ecology-and-evolutionary-biology-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.